News and Announcements

October 15, 2021 — The Master of Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics program (MSCTL) has awarded Archana Kumar (MSCTL '23) a SCTL Scholarship, selected from this year's incoming students to receive $5,000 towards tuition expenses. Originally from Bangalore, India, Kumar earned a Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology from Garden City University.

December 15, 2021 — The Master of Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics program (MSCTL) has named incoming student Marc Ackermann (MSCTL '23) an awardee of a 2021 SCTL Scholarship, selected from this year's applicants for admission to receive $5,000 towards tuition expenses. Ackermann graduated from Boise State University with a BBA in Supply Chain Management, and then began a career with the BNSF Railway.

December 10, 2021 — The Urban Freight Lab is pleased to announce positive results produced from our Seattle Neighborhood Delivery Hub (Neighborhood Hub) pilot projects, one of the nation's first zero-emissions last-mile delivery projects, which operated in Seattle's Uptown neighborhood last April through July, in collaboration with the City of Seattle, and tech and delivery companies AxleHire, BrightDrop, Coaster Cycles, and REEF.

November 30, 2021 — The Urban Freight Lab (UFL) Tech Day pitch competition brings together disrupters, industry experts, venture capitalists, and our members to explore solutions in the final mile space. We invite a panel of entrepreneurs and industry leaders to help us judge and select a grand prize winner based on technical feasibility, business application, and market potential of the solution, as well as quality of presentation.

November 24, 2021 — The Urban Freight Lab (UFL) at the University of Washington announces the selection of four semi-finalists for our fifth annual Tech Day pitch competition, focused on Electrifying the Final Mile: This year's semi-finalists are: FlexiModal: BicyLift and Runner Trailer KUHMUTE: Universal Charging Network for Micromobility re:Charge-e: Vision for e-Cargo Bike Charging Infrastructure Scootility, Inc.: Utility Scooter Optimized for Last-Mile Delivery of Light Goods The four semi-f…

September 25, 2021 — New publication: "Urban Freight Innovation: Leading-Edge Strategies for Smart Cities", authored by Anne Goodchild, Giacomo Dalla Chiara, and Bill Keough in the Coast Guard Journal of Safety and Security at Sea (Proceedings of the Marine Safety & Security Council), discusses the Urban Freight Lab's three-year research project designing and deploying technologies to reduce emissions, urban congestion, and transportation costs in the urban goods delivery system.

November 19, 2021 — The Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics Center is pleased to announce German multinational engineering and technology company Bosch as the newest member of our Urban Freight Lab (UFL), an innovative public-private partnership working collaboratively across sectors to design and test improvements to the urban goods delivery system.

October 29, 2021 — The Urban Freight Lab (UFL) at the University of Washington is now accepting submissions for its fifth annual Tech Day event, a pitch competition for innovators designing solutions for the last mile of the urban goods delivery system. This year's event is focused on "Electrifying the Last Mile" and is sponsored by Cornucopia Logistics. Proposals (a brief 2-page summary) will be accepted until 5 p.m. Pacific time on Friday, November 19.

October 28, 2021 — Prof. Anne Goodchild has received the 2021 Outstanding Researcher Award by PacTrans (Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium), in recognition of her career of leading outstanding research with significant outcomes, incorporating meaningful student contributions, and robust community service and leadership involvement.

October 20, 2021 — The Urban Freight Lab (UFL) is pleased to announce REEF as Member of the Year 2021.

OCTOBER 11, 2021 — The Urban Freight Lab (UFL) today announces the addition of green e-cargo delivery solution URB-E to its public-academic-private research consortium.Headquarted in Los Angeles, URB-E focuses on reducing emissions and increasing efficiency in the final mile of delivery.

October 10, 2021 — New Urban Freight Lab report: "The Seattle Neighborhood Delivery Hub Pilot Project: An Evaluation of the Operational Impacts of a Neighborhood Delivery Hub Model on Last-Mile Delivery", examines the operational and environmental benefits of one of the nation's first zero-emissions last-mile delivery pilots — Seattle Neighborhood Delivery Hub — a neighborhood delivery hub with e-cargo bikes as the delivery vehicle, serving as a testbed for innovative sustainable urban logistics…

September 1, 2021 — The Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics Center is pleased to announce that our Master's degree program in Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics (MSCTL) has won the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) 2021 Innovation in Education Award, as announced in this month's ITE Journal. "We are thrilled to receive this recognition," said Anne Goodchild, Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics Center Founding Director and MSCTL Academic Director.

August 10, 2021 — New Urban Freight Lab publication: "Evaluating Traffic Impacts of Permitting Trucks in Transit-Only Lanes", authored by Şeyma Güneş, Anne Goodchild, Chelsea Greene, and Venu Nemani (Seattle Department of Transportation) in Transportation Research Board's Transportation Research Record presents an analysis of data collected to evaluate the operational impacts of the implementation of a freight and bus-only transit (FAT) lane, and to guide the development of future lane managemen…

August 2, 2021 — New Urban Freight Lab publication: "Curbspace Management Challenges and Opportunities from Public & Private Sector Perspectives", authored by Caleb Diehl, Andisheh Ranjbari, and Anne Goodchild, is published in Transportation Research Board's Transportation Research Record. With funding from PacTrans Region 10 University Transportation Center, researchers surveyed contemporary approaches, challenges, and opportunities to curb management in 14 U.S. cities.